1. biscuits & gravy2. rodeo3. smores or smore’s or smore(s)4. “a super bowl”5. stoops6. speakeasy7. “high school prom”8. cheese in a can9. dr pepper
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
smore
wtf?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 11:35 (six years ago) link
Steely DanThe Beat Generation
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 12:32 (six years ago) link
10. "democracy"11. mac 'n cheese12. sherrifs
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:20 (six years ago) link
It's s'mores and it's short for some more.
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
13. those varsity jackets with a big letter on the front14. propeller beanie hats
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
15. grits
― WilliamC, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
16. Shriners
https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/shriners-little-cars-1200x800.jpg
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
monster trucks
― ciderpress, Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
bisonbass fishing tournamentsYellowstone Park
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
Looney Tunes cartoons
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
22. tipping
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Sunday, 4 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link
Mate,
https://i.imgur.com/kjgsMLQ.jpg
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
I mean, don't forget 23. Indigenous Genocide, but, you know.
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
if we're going down that route let's not forget 24. slavery
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
and of course 25. egg creams
slavery has existed everywhere for all recorded history. hardly confined to America, although we certainly embraced one of the most brutal forms of it for a couple centuries.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
26 white ppl27 mayonnaise28 conway twitty29 all the bad things30 no good things
― sleepingbag, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
31 guns guns guns love guns need guns32 sabermetrics33 god
(Holland surely king of mayonnaise though, for better or for worse)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
34. (With drawl) PICKUP TRUCK. GIDDY UP COWBOY.
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
35. 99.9% of all "cultural appropriation"
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
36. $$$
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link
37. Road Trips38. Self Help39. Seminars on how to flip properties with no money down
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
40. Hawaii
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
41. Grand slams
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:30 (six years ago) link
42. Brian Wilson
― calstars, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
43. drive-in cinemas
― soref, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
44. john cena
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:43 (six years ago) link
(19)45. the atomic bomb
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link
(19)46. Donald John Trump
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
Just sayin some of these things aren't exclusively American. They're everybody's!
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
47. Superhero movies for "grownups"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link
48. jack kirby
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
49. jack ruby
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
27 mayonnaise
27 "ranch"
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
ranch-style houses
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
Ranch might be the most american word there is. The sound of it, the meaning, the house style, the dressing. It's 100% American.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:23 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
51. Saturday Night Live and dozens of comedy series and comedians no-one's ever heard of.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:33 (six years ago) link
... no-one else, that is.
Every nation seems to have its b-list comedy that doesn't escape its borders though
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:45 (six years ago) link
I mean there are all these british comedians called "Jimmy Pram" or "Tolliver Whelk" or whatever that the britishers on the board seem to reference a lot.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:47 (six years ago) link
52. happy endings53. late night shows54. hyper-capitalism55. "football"56. "soccer"
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
ItaliansIrish
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
57. Barack Hussein Obama58. Velveeta
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Saturday Night Live is b-list?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
'Math'
American comedy is painfully unfunny. There's no real bite, no real cynicism, it always has to be nicey nicey in the end. A or B list, SNL fits that bill surely.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:11 (six years ago) link
today, sure. I think SNL at its best (maybe 80s-early 90s) was good exactly because it captured and spoofed that wide-eyed lack of cynicism. Kevin Nealon comes to mind, and all of the fake commercials. Since at least Will Ferrell and maybe going back to Chris Farley and Adam Sandler though the style of comedy has been very "I AM BEING FUNNY RIGHT NOW! DO YOU SEE ME BEING FUNNY!"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
Oh shit I didn't see the nobody beats it part whoops.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 23:17 (five months ago) link
I worked at Tower in lower Manhattan in the early 90s, a shitty place to work but a really cool spot. You could get good deals sometimes and we had great in-stores.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 23:17 (five months ago) link
I get inappropriately nostalgic when I think about Tower Records, especially the one on Watt Ave in Sacramento
― brimstead, Thursday, 23 November 2023 00:22 (five months ago) link
they were my happy places
The Strand-Tower-Other Music axis was huge in my college years.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 23 November 2023 00:36 (five months ago) link
lol yes, same - I think we're similar in age and those were THE places. The 4th and Broadway Tower/Other was so good too because at the time they had the best clothes store around there. I can't remember if it lasted until I was at NYU it was there when I was in HS - Antique Boutique! I somehow wound up paying Tower video $100 for a copy of Pi.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 23 November 2023 09:20 (five months ago) link
Ha, I remember seeing Pi “in theaters” summer 1998 somewhere in the village, not sure what theater it was. Soooo into it, and yet I have little interest in rewatching it today.
Not sure if I remember Antique Boutique.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 24 November 2023 03:46 (five months ago) link
I don't think I ever even watched it. Timing tracks - I rented it the year I graduated so 1998/99.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 13:40 (five months ago) link
I was at NYU for grad school 1991-93. I moved there from Denver, it was quite a culture shock.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 24 November 2023 15:52 (five months ago) link
It must have been. One of my roommates senior year was from rural PA. Her first time in NYC was the day she arrived for orientation. I always sort of envied that because, although actually living in the city was def an adjustment, it was never new like that to me if that makes sense.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 16:38 (five months ago) link
Yes, it makes sense. I had been there a couple of times for long weekends (which is one of the reasons I wanted to move there), but still. I hated it at first. It didn't help that I arrived in the middle of a very hot August.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:00 (five months ago) link
there was a good minute there where I thought you were all talking about buying books in B&M (a UK shop which may possibly sell some books, but would not be anyone's first choice when book shopping)
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 November 2023 17:11 (five months ago) link
X-post - Oof. There's a reason everyone who can leaves on weekends in the summer. Just thinking about how bad the garbage smells. Ugh.
B&M books would be . . . interesting at the very least.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 24 November 2023 18:05 (five months ago) link
Do they not have Barnes and Noble here? Hadn't thought about it but it's basically Waterstones.
xp They specialize in books that can be read in short installments.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 24 November 2023 18:06 (five months ago) link
Not cleaning public bathrooms several times a day.
― Tapioca by Jean Sibelius (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 2 December 2023 20:57 (four months ago) link
bread in the fridgemustard in the fridge
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:06 (three months ago) link
wheat thins
I thought keeping mustard in the fridge is one of the good universal kitchen practices tbf
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:10 (three months ago) link
maybe i just eat a lot of mustard idk
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:13 (three months ago) link
bars that you have to drive to
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:15 (three months ago) link
bread in the fridge does prolong its life, while also drying it out which might be fine or bad.
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:18 (three months ago) link
it's not a sin on par with tomatoes or apples in the fridge
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:20 (three months ago) link
I'm strictly condiments in the fridge and bread in the bread bin, but bread in the fridge is fine really. It will keep good longer. But freezing bread is something I stopped doing.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:20 (three months ago) link
lots of stuff goes in my fridge strictly as an economic decision. i'd love to have a bowl of produce on my kitchen table but i live alone in a not-temperate climate and it just makes my life and kitchen rhythms easier when i know the life of things are elongated by the fridge
― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 January 2024 01:31 (three months ago) link
it’s just me, if I don’t use it the day I buy it or have a specific plan for anything fresh that’s guaranteed to happen within 24 hours it goes in the fridge
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:34 (three months ago) link
wheat thins in the fridge
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:41 (three months ago) link
xp I am the same way with bakery bread or even the fake mass produced grocery-aisle-thawed versions like TJ's ciabatta
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:56 (three months ago) link
And then a Ball Park hamburger or hot dog bun will last 6 years on the windowsill
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 02:58 (three months ago) link
going to the supermarket when your giant fridge is already 3/4 full of mildly rotting food
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:08 (three months ago) link
maybe it’s just my family but they all do this
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:09 (three months ago) link
One of my finest dad joke moments was when my wife asked me to buy a breadbox, and I said, "how big?"
Mustard is so acidic that it seems unlikely to go bad if not refrigerated. But generally I obey the packaging - if it says "refrigerate after opening," we mostly do so. Because why not? It's harmless.
Peanut butter and honey don't get refrigerated. Jelly/jam/preserves/marmalade/chutney generally do (once opened). Ketchup and relish are generally fridged.
Bread in the refrigerator? Hell no. We might freeze some bread if we have too much but that's rare.
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:09 (three months ago) link
it’s so weird just eat the bread
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:12 (three months ago) link
what about fruit in the fridge? most fruit tastes better cold, imo
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:13 (three months ago) link
This is just to say
I have eaten brimstead's plums
Forgive me
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:19 (three months ago) link
a cold apple can be pretty good. soft fruit should be room temp though imo, sorry billkinda prefer grapefruit room temp too
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:25 (three months ago) link
tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 04:23 (three months ago) link
lol yes
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 04:24 (three months ago) link
it’s because they do everything wrong
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, January 13, 2024 10:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
somebody had to say it
― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 January 2024 16:32 (three months ago) link
Rx is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive".
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:09 (two months ago) link
Not used in the UK. I mean, I have seen it before but I'm not sure in what context?
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:13 (two months ago) link
I got to thinking about this while waiting for some antibiotics today. Over here it's a given that Rx = precription and you'll see it printed everywhere at the pharmacy. But until today I didn't know why.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:20 (two months ago) link
*prescription
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:21 (two months ago) link
Because Americans originally spoke classical Latin, duh
― fleetwood macrame (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:29 (two months ago) link
exactly, just as Jesus did before discovering America
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:38 (two months ago) link
Jesus bought America, excuse me
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:39 (two months ago) link
It's probably some relic from 18th century English apothecaries.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 21:08 (two months ago) link
This is the only place I've seen Rx in the UK:
https://i.imgur.com/YaH6h6p.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 16 February 2024 21:16 (two months ago) link
Indeed... I was gonna say that the Royal Trux logo makes less sense to those unfamilar with the comman usage of Rx in the US.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 21:18 (two months ago) link